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Home My WebLink About1999-06-08 Council Minutesr KNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING June 8, 1999 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report June 3 1999 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 9 00 A M Lonnie D McCook, Public Works Superintendent 7 00 P M Glen Aubrey Disaster Services #9 TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 6 Transportation and Utilities Report 7 Trochu Landfill Hours 8 Torrington Spring/Fall Yard cleanup 9 Town of Three Hills Landfill Sharing Agreement 9A Swalwell Camp Kitchen GENERAL 10 PSCU Golf Tournament 11 KIBA Rural Crime Watch 12 Telus Complaint 1997 Linear Property Assessment of Duct Structures 13 Town of Trochu Loan Bylaw AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD 14.ASB Minutes COMMITTEE REPORTS 15 Kneehill Regional FCSS May 6/99 Minutes 16 Wild Rose Economic Development May 11 1999 17 KCRB Central Zone Meeting Jan2 /99 LATE ITEMS .4p, 18 Community Lottery Board 19 Road Committee Report 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 8, 1999 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office, 232 Main street Three Hills, Alberta on June 8, 1999 commencing at 8 33 A.M The following were present at the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Division Two Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One PRESENT M Jane Allan Division Three Marjorie D Vetter Division Four James Danger Division Five M Glen Wagstaff Division Seven John Jeffery, Municipal Administrator was present along with Barbara Long who recorded the minutes Councillor R Vickery was not present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 33 A.M AGENDA - Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the agenda. APPROVAL CARRIED Mrs Allan noted that page three of the May 25 1999 minutes stated incorrectly that APPROVAL OF Jim Ramsbottom was CAO of the Town of Drumheller instead of CEO of Health MINUTES Authority 5 It was agreed to edit this statement in the minutes Mr Hanger moved approval of the May 25, 1999 minutes, with the above noted amendment. MRS�>.�iv entered the meeting at 8 33 A.M CARRIED r00 r"aiJ /9MMENb1rv(; 0 N ru NE a I, ! qq9 Mr Jeffery's report was presented JCJ REPORT Mrs Allan moved approval of Mr Jeffery's report, as presented The Executive Committee report was reviewed CARRIED Under Executive Committee #7,Re plot of the Village of Torrington Mr R. Arthurs, EXECUTIVE land surveyor, advised that he would be able to combine all the existing plans and do a COMMITTEE4 — ":- re draft , showing accurate lot sizes as well as pin the corners and middle of the lots at REPORT &C-)Of a much more reasonable rate than if he were to re plot the Village Fi 4e �PDP -1 `� a hAR.nkl< Mrs. [getter moved Mr R. Arthurs, provide a summary plan of all plans and provide TORRINGTON block corner and block centre pins. RE -PLOT CARRIED Mr Hanger moved approval of the Executive Committee Report. APPROVAL OF CARRIED EXEC COMM REPORT Mrs. Allan moved approval of the accounts submitted for payment on hone 8, 1999 subject to approval of the Finance Committee, comprised of Mrs Lowen and Mr APPROVAL OF Hoff ACCOUNTS CARRIED Mr Jeffery presented a letter from Parkland Savings and Credit Union, inviting all Councillors, Administrative staff and their spouses to a golf tournament and supper, on PSCU GOLF July 9 1999 TOURNAMENT No -1c c) .1- 1) JD IIA, f'o .57'e-, , c r KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 8, 1999 Mrs. Allan moved to accept and file. is CARRIED f Mrs Allan reported she had spoken to Hazel George past Chairperson and Jim Tilley, current Chairperson of KMA crime watch and was advised there is a total of 60 members with 8 10 of them residing to Kneehill County They are currently on the PAC system(Police and Community System) and are funded by Pan Canadian Mrs Allan KIBA CRIME advised she would be in contact with them if the County decided to fund Rural Crime WATCH Watch groups Mr Hanger moved to accept and file for information. ' I c Mr Jeffery presented a letter from the Municipal Government Board, asking if Kneehill . �' County wished to become an intervenor in the hearing regarding a complaint filed by LINEAR PROP Telus Communications against the 1997 Linear Property Assessment of Duct ASSMT TELUS Structures, located in Edmonton and Calgary HEARING Mr Hanger moved to accept and file. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the draft loan bylaw for the Town of Trochu received from Brownlee Fryett The loan amount will be for $85,000 00, for the construction of a new DRAFT LOAN fire hall The term of the loan will be 10 years with a minimum interest rate of 4 3% per BYLAW - annum to be reviewed annually This draft loan bylaw will be advertised in accordance TROCHU with Section 606 of the Municipal Government Act and the draft agreement be sent to the Town of Trochu for signing Mr Wagstaff moved first reading of this bylaw FIRST READING CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the ASB minutes of May 14, 1999 Mrs. Lowen moved that Mr .Sommerville he given permission to arrange for Davy's r� If tilkMC� Tree Service to commence spraying for noxious weeds, on the CPR abandoned rail ASB - SPRAYING lines, August 16, 1999 if not previously done by CPR and to subsequently hill CPR OF CPR or add it onto their taxes. ABANDONED RAILWAYS CARRIED Mr McCook entered the meeting at 9.00 A.M The Transportation and Utilities report was presented Mr McCook advised the meeting with Caltromcs and the Red Deer Communications group went well The Red Deer Communications group will be reporting back to Mr RADIO UPGRADE McCook on the cost to have 911 dispatched from Red Deer, as all the necessary equipment is in place Mr McCook will have more information for Council at a later date Mr McCook advised the testing at the Torrington Pit (Pt SE 16 32 26 W4) was completed with a total of 28 test holes done He estimated that the gravel is 15 feet TORRINGTON deep over an area of 180 meters by 197 meters which would result in 216 834 yards of PIT - raw material being available Crushing would result in approximately a 20% refection D.HAZELTON leaving about 173 000 yards of finished product Discussion resulted on the pros and JD./MIN 7 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 8, 1999 cons of buying and crushing the gravel, as per the current agreement, or buying the land outright �untl� CAILLaA a ruVlfL - -�� o e 9•,GW>N Mr Hanger moved Mr Doug Hazelton, owner of the above land, be invited to the X*Pe17 .Tune 17, 1999 Executive Meeting to discuss the testing results and to start the SkN;r negotiating process. 5/f ;r CARRIED Mr McCook informed Council that a tender proposal had been drawn up for the ambulance building in Linden /nZ- ma;v Pigs Mrs Allan moved Mr McCook proceed with the tender process for the replacement LINDEN AMB of the Linden Ambulance building roof ROOF CARRIED Mr Jeffery confirmed that Councillors Hoff and Hanger will attend the June 17, 1999 Executive Meeting and that Councillors' Hoff and Wagstaff will attend the June 30 4P 1999 Executive Meeting +0 A date for a Capital Committee meeting was scheduled for Wednesday June 16, 1999 commencing at 8 30 A.M with an invitation being issued to Mr Garnett Bauer to CAPITAL COMM attend DATE J'vnel S -- C'jlj -,-tD C, 6AVLR Mr McCook requested clarification on the number of water meters to be installed at the Torrington trailer park Mrs Vetter moved only one water meter be installed to service the entire Torrington cJ rn Emo-i o Pws Trailer Park and that a letter be sent to the owner advising 3-0 A4 of same. H2O METERe�R CARRIED INSTLN Mr Hanger moved that the installation of the Torrington water meters be tendered TORRINGTON Tc T Y) a lb P10 S Mr McCook advised he had received an agreement from Alberta Transportation giving Kneehill County the option of purchasing the remaining gravel, at 60 cents a yard, from AT &U their gravel pit located at NW 20 32 26 W4 AGREEMENT Mrs. Lowen moved this agreement be approved and duly signed GRV PURCHASE -rc j- M L-M0Tu ASS SwaW aa — MA,Ler�.� CARRIED Foaw Mr Wagstaff moved the Transportation and Utility report be accepted, as presented APPROVAL OF T & U REPORT CARRIED Mr Jeffery read a letter from the Town of Trochu proposing a change in the hours of operation at the Landfill site to allow for better utilization of the facility commencing on July 1, 1999 Mr Hanger moved acceptance of the proposed changes in the hours of operation of the Trochu Landfill site upon approval from Drumheller Solid Waste CARRIED Mr Jeffery presented a request from the Torrington Tourism Action Society requesting the County provide the Village of Torrington with a Spring and Fall Clean Up TROCHU LAND FILL HOURS y� ETikIQ SCti% J[/4%t /�- AA sue,; ?o rAO,-,v?- Mr Hanger moved a letter be sent to the Torrington Tourism Action Society TORR - JDIMIN 3 :7E KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June S, 1999 advising that due to the expense involved, Kneehill County will household garbage, as arranged through our contractor, SCA Waste. handle only SPRING /FALL CLEAN UP CARRIED Mr Jeffery presented a copy of the short term Landfill Sharing Agreement between the 467' % /? .1,00 15 Town of Three Hills and Kneehill County which will expire on December 31, 1999 3 HILLS LAND FILL Mrs Lowen moved agreement of the signing of the above contract, subject to the AGREEMENT removal of clause 3, as it is not applicable in a six month contract, and with the notation that Kneehill County has fulfilled their prior commitment to dig a landfill pit. CARRIED A letter from the Swalwell Town and Country Association informing Council of the state of disrepair, due to vandalism, of the Swalwell Campground and requesting a SWALWELL clarification as to who maintains the park and the responsibilities of the park users CAMPGROUND Mr Hanger moved a letter be sent to the Swalwell Town and Country Association t, L:5 ire $ advising the County is responsible for the mowing of grass and removal of garbage Z-u only The camp kitchen is to be removed and the well cemented due to the damage to these facihties and a sign will be erected stating it is a day use area The Road Committee report was presented Discussion of #11 request to widen the approach at S.E 18 31 -25 W4 Concern was expressed due to the steep slope of the driveway as it enters secondary highway 582 and the resulting difficulty in stopping during poor weather conditions Mr Wagstaff moved a letter be sent advising that as safety is Kneehill County's prime concern, any request for improvement to this existing approach, including gravelling be denied and that the existing approach be only acceptable for occasional not everyday use. The letter should also advise this request will be re- addressed if the slope of the driveway entering onto S.H 582 can be reduced CARRIED ROAD COMMITTEE Rc */I A request was received from George Morse to have a children playing sign placed at NW323421 0ZSuratlS SIGN REQUEST G Mr Wagstaff moved a letter be sent to George Morse advising he can erect a MORSE Children Playing sign at his own expense Mrs Lowen moved approval of the road committee report. CARRIED Mrs Allan reported to Council the absence of toilets at the Horseshoe Canyon View Point parking lot Mr Jeffery will call -Ren P -edrini to discuss the situation 4W Mr McCook left the meeting at 11 03 A.M The following committee reports were presented Kneehill Regional FCSS May 6/99 Minutes Wild Rose Economic Development May 11/99 Minutes KCRB Central Zone June 2/99 Minutes JDIMIN APPROVAL OF ROAD COMM REPORT HORSESHOE CANYON TOILETS COMM REPORTS 4 • 0 �i KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 8, 1999 Mrs Allan moved approval of the committee reports, as presented A request was received to invoice the Community Lottery Board the amount of $840 00, back dated to March 31, 1999 for the administration services provided by Kneehill County for the prior year Mrs Vetter moved approval to invoice the Community Lottery board for $840.00, dated March 31, 1999, for administrative services and to refund the money to the Lottery Board Mr Hanger moved the meeting adjourn. Time 11 18 A. M MIMIN : W., CARRIED CARRIED umcipal A mstrator COMM LOTTERY BOARD ADJOURNMENT 5 E E E • JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT May 26 June 8. 1999 REPORT. Balance Forward BALANCE CORRESPONDENCE. 1 May 27/99 Rec #0034999 AB Treasury ASB Basic Grant $74 415 00 2 June 2/99 Rec #0035000 AB Treasury Mun Affairs Grant $15,608 00 3 Alberta Gazette Part 1 May 15 1999 4 Alberta Gazette Part 2 May 15 1999 5 May 11/99 Golden Hills Regional Div #15 Meeting Minutes 6 May 19/99 Contact newsletter 7 May 26/99 Contact newsletter 8 Lapel Pins advertising Treasure House Imports 9 Advertising Bridge Brand Food Services 10 Apr/May /99 Developments newsletter 11 The Compliance Report Sample Newsletter 12 May /99 Status Report newsletter 13 Spring 99 Heart and Stroke Lifelines newsletter 14 May /June 99 Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists newsletter 15 May 26/99 The Capital Newspaper HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. 1 NIL Minute/jcj report I 999doc $ 1,397 18 $1397 18 4 Transportation and Utilities June 8 1999 1 We have a contractor hired for the Clarke slide down in division one They started to work on Monday 2 The two miles going north off the Fisher/Davis rd have been torn up and will be regravelled 3 The Grainger road has been torn up and regravelled 4 The road crew is on the last mile of the Hazel Project and will be moving to the Correction line next S The gravel crew finished up some of the new grade and are doing some bad spots before moving into the McNair pit 6 We have completed the test holes at the Torrington pit as reported last council meeting 7 We have hired more temp staff to help us out crackfilling while we are so busy fencing 8 We have had our meeting with Caltronics and the Red Deer Communications Group There is a simple solution to our problems we believe if we can get everyone on side 9 I have a tender proposal written up for the ambulance building in Linden would you like it to be advertised now *EF RS C Ytl\ 10 I would like to set a date for capital committer to meet Pa C W\ 1 I There. is one thing left that I need clarification with on the, Torrington water meter installation At the, trailer park if there is any way to use one meter for the total park rather than one per trailer it would save us a lot P-3 of time Tmilers are always moving in •ind out and it is real hard to collect from these this way one meter C M to the owner and he pays the, bill 12 The Agpro road is done